The effect of VOT on the intelligibility of English voiceless stops produced by native speakers of Japanese
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1 Introduction The phonetic or articulatory difference impedes the perception of certain English sounds produced by native Japanese speakers; English voiceless stops fall under this category of sounds. English voiceless stops are characterized by aspiration in articulation, whereas their Japanese counterparts are known to be unaspirated. As Cruttenden (2001) and Jenkins (2000) point out to learners of English, aspiration is a crucial cue for English voiceless stops. Then, how intelligible are Japanese English (henceforth, JE) voiceless stops, and how acoustically different are intelligible and unintelligible stops?
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